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Christians are hard to tolerate; I don’t know how Jesus does it ↗

— Bono

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A man is accepted into a church for what he believes and he is turned out for what he knows. ↗

— Mark Twain

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أين أنت؛ والطريق طريق تعب فيه آدم، وناح لأجله نوح، ورمي في النار الخليل، وأضجع للذبح إسماعيل، وبيع يوسف بثمن بخس ولبث في السجن بضع سنين، ونشر بالمنشار زكريا، وذبح السيد الحصور يحيى، وقاسى الضر أيوب، وزاد على المقدار بكاء داود، وسار مع الوحش عيسى، وعالج الفقر وأنواع الأذى محمد صلى الله عليه وسلم؛ تُزهى أنت باللهو واللعب؟! ↗

— ابن قيم الجوزية

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Atheism leaves a man to sense, to philosophy, to natural piety, to laws, to reputation, all which may be guides to an outward moral virtue, though religion were not, but superstition dismounts all these, and erecteth an absolute monarchy in the minds of men. ↗

— Francis Bacon

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The better men know the Lord, the better may the eternal truths we learn be applied in our daily lives. ↗

— John Andreas Widtsoe

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the church should just stay out of people's pants. ↗

— Alex Sanchez

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The Bible was penned by men. The Epistles of Paul were penned by that evangelist salesman and his students, desperate to bring mystery and excitement into a quiet philosophy, turning it into a religion promising the secret of an afterlife, answers to questions that previously no one could answer. Always remember, words written by men have an agenda. Sometimes their agenda is for the better, but it's usually for the self, and that almost always leads down a dangerous path.” ~Character Mark from The Awakening, book one of The Judas Curse series. ↗

— Angella Graff

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The doctrine of eternal punishment is in perfect harmony with the savagery of the men who made the orthodox creeds. It is in harmony with torture, with flaying alive, and with burnings. The men who burned their fellow-men for a moment, believed that God would burn his enemies forever. ↗

— Robert G. Ingersoll

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Stupidity is not a behavior; it's a religion. One can die for it! ↗

— Raheel Farooq

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No wonder male religious leaders so often say that humans were born in sin—because we were born to female creatures. Only by obeying the rules of the patriarchy can we be reborn through men. No wonder priests and ministers in skirts sprinkle imitation birth fluid over our heads, give us new names, and promise rebirth into everlasting life. ↗

— Gloria Steinem

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